Given:
Selling price of child ticket = $5.40
Selling price of adult ticket = $9.40
Total tickets = 168
Total sales = $1199.20
To find:
The number of adult tickets sold.
Solution:
Let x be the number of child tickets and y be the number of adult tickets.
Total tickets : [tex]x+y=168[/tex] ...(i)
Total sales : [tex]5.40x+9.40y=1199.20[/tex] ...(ii)
From equation (i), we get
[tex]x=168-y[/tex]
Put this value in (ii).
[tex]5.40(168-y)+9.40y=1199.20[/tex]
[tex]907.2-5.40y+9.40y=1199.20[/tex]
[tex]4y=1199.20-907.2[/tex]
[tex]4y=292[/tex]
Divide both sides by 4.
[tex]y=\dfrac{292}{4}[/tex]
[tex]y=73[/tex]
Therefore, 73 adult tickets were sold that day.
